100 Greatest Debut Albums

wilked · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:58 pm

According to Uncut

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100. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
99. Suede - Suede
98. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
97. Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
96. PJ Harvey - Dry
95. The White Stripes - The White Stripes
94. Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
93. The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire
92. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
91. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
90. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
89. Elastica - Elastica
88. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
87. Dr Feelgood - Down By The Jetty
86. The Undertones - The Undertones
85. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
84. Tricky - Maxinquaye
83. Little Feat - Little Feat
82. The Pop Group - Y
81. Pearl Jam - Ten
80. Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
79. Jackson Brown - Jackson Brown
78. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
77. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
76. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
75. The LA's - The LA's
74. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
73. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
72. The Strokes - Is This It
71. Scritti Politti - Songs To Remember
70. Judee Sill - Judee Sill
69. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
68. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
67. Suicide - Suicide
66. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
65. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
64. Neu! - Neu!
63. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
62. The Associates - The Affectionate Punch
61. Leonard Coen - The Songs Of Leonard Coen
60. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
59. U2 - Boy
58. The Hardin - Tim Hardin 1
57. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
56. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
55. Ian Dury - New Boots & Panties!!
54. Randy Newman - Randy Newman
53. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
52. ABC - The Lexican Of Love
51. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
50. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
49. Talking Heads - 77
48. The Pretenders - The Pretenders
47. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
46. The Slits - Cut
45. Jeff Buckley - Grace
44. Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
43. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
42. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
41. Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
40. Wire - Pink Flag
39. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
38. Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk
37. Magazine - Real Life
36. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
35. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
34. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
33. Gang Of 4 - Entertainment!
32. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
31. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
30. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
29. Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left
28. The Doors - The Doors
27. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
26. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield
25. The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
24. Big Star - #1 Record
23. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
22. R.E.M. - Murmur
21. The Smiths - The Smiths
20. The Specials - The Specials
19. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks...
18. Patti Smith - Horses
17. The Beatles - Please Please Me
16. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
15. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
14. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
13. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
12. Ramones - Ramones
11. The Who - My Generation
10. The Stooges - The Stooges
9. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
8. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
6. The Clash - The Clash
5. The Band - Music From Big Pink
4. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
2. Televsion - Marquee Moon
1. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

DHRjericho · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:02 pm

stone roses should be one....in my book about debut albums and suede would be a hell of a lot higher.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:07 pm

wilked Wrote:

According to Uncut

Quote:

100. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
99. Suede - Suede
97. Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
95. The White Stripes - The White Stripes
90. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
88. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
84. Tricky - Maxinquaye
80. Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
78. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
75. The LA's - The LA's
73. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
72. The Strokes - Is This It
65. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
60. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
53. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
49. Talking Heads - 77
48. The Pretenders - The Pretenders
47. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
37. Magazine - Real Life
35. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
34. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
33. Gang Of 4 - Entertainment!
30. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
24. Big Star - #1 Record
12. Ramones - Ramones
11. The Who - My Generation
10. The Stooges - The Stooges
7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
6. The Clash - The Clash
4. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
2. Televsion - Marquee Moon

i can agree with these.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:07 pm

Not a bad list, really.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:07 pm

DHRjericho Wrote:

stone roses should be one....in my book about debut albums and suede would be a hell of a lot higher.

agree with the order on both counts. suede in the top 10.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:10 pm

I like these in particular:

wilked Wrote:

According to Uncut

Quote:

94. Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
73. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
69. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
68. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Young Soul Rebels
64. Neu! - Neu!
63. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
61. Leonard Coen - The Songs Of Leonard Coen
57. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
49. Talking Heads - 77
46. The Slits - Cut
42. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
40. Wire - Pink Flag
38. Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk
37. Magazine - Real Life
35. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
33. Gang Of 4 - Entertainment!
31. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
29. Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left
27. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
26. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield
25. The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
24. Big Star - #1 Record
22. R.E.M. - Murmur
18. Patti Smith - Horses
16. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
14. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
12. Ramones - Ramones
11. The Who - My Generation
9. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
6. The Clash - The Clash
5. The Band - Music From Big Pink
2. Televsion - Marquee Moon
1. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

I'd like to make a full list of my own sometime.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:32 pm

wilked Wrote:

According to Uncut

Quote:

100. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
99. Suede - Suede
98. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
96. PJ Harvey - Dry
95. The White Stripes - The White Stripes
94. Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
89. Elastica - Elastica
85. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
84. Tricky - Maxinquaye
81. Pearl Jam - Ten
80. Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
78. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
76. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
73. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
72. The Strokes - Is This It
69. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
66. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
60. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
57. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
53. De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising
50. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
47. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
42. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
40. Wire - Pink Flag
39. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
36. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...
31. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
30. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
28. The Doors - The Doors
27. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
24. Big Star - #1 Record
23. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
22. R.E.M. - Murmur
21. The Smiths - The Smiths
19. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks...
18. Patti Smith - Horses
16. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
12. Ramones - Ramones
11. The Who - My Generation
10. The Stooges - The Stooges
8. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
6. The Clash - The Clash
5. The Band - Music From Big Pink
4. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
2. Televsion - Marquee Moon
1. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

My personal faves are The Ramones, Stooges, VU, Dolls, Band, Doors, GnR, Stone Roses, Pavement, Oasis and REM.

HideousLump · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:45 pm

And the award for the Recent Album Which Won't Remotely Make This List Five Years From Now goes to...

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36. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:00 am

HideousLump Wrote:

And the award for the Recent Album Which Won't Remotely Make This List Five Years From Now goes to...

Quote:

36. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...

You're saying this isn't better than Jeff Buckley's Grace and Wire's Pink Flag?

I am shocked. Just shocked.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:10 am

there's some really questionable choices on this list.

boogie down productions criminal minded
wu-tang clan enter the 36 chambers
squeeze cool for cats
ac/dc high voltage
liars they threw us in a trench...

would all be better than a few of them.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:15 am

I guess it's not a bad list, but Arcade Fire at 100 and Arctic Monkeys at 36 is just complete bullshit.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:20 am

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

I guess it's not a bad list, but Arcade Fire at 100 and Arctic Monkeys at 36 is just complete bullshit.

if it was a canadian magazine, that'd be reversed.

HideousLump · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:21 am

shiv Wrote:

squeeze cool for cats

That's a second album.

First album was this one:

...which, though I like it, isn't nearly as good as Cool for Cats.

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:34 am

Some albums I think deserved to considered for this list:

Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow
Jeremy Enigk - Return of the Frog Queen
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Tool - Undertow
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Violent Femmes - Self-titled

L · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:58 am

HideousLump Wrote:

And the award for the Recent Album Which Won't Remotely Make This List Five Years From Now goes to...

Quote:

36. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...

bort · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:17 am

i dunno, if i made a list like this i'd be tempted to compare the band's later work to their debut. Come On Pilgrim is great but only my 3rd favorite Pixies disc...I'd probably leave that out in favor of....Supergrass - I Should Coco....or something.

The Clash - The Clash is correct though.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:47 am

HideousLump Wrote:

shiv Wrote:

squeeze cool for cats

That's a second album.

First album was this one:

...which, though I like it, isn't nearly as good as Cool for Cats.

my bad.

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

Some albums I think deserved to considered for this list:

Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
Rogue Wave - Out of the Shadow
Jeremy Enigk - Return of the Frog Queen
New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Tool - Undertow
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Violent Femmes - Self-titled

maybe violent femmes but i think that's it.
tvotr could be on the list in a few years.

posthumus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:17 am **Posts:** 589

wilked Wrote:

According to Uncut

Quote:

10. Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children
9. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
8. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
6. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
5. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
4. Tricky - Maxinquaye
3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
2. DJ Shadow - Entroducing
1. Portishead - Dummy

I think is what you meant to say

Kerre Li (xix) · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:34 am

Hi, where is
Liz Phair Exile in Guyville?
She made one incredible album and then slowly descended into unbelievable suckdom.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:46 am

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

Violent Femmes - Self-titled

Not only MISSING, but SHOULD have been a Top-10, IMO.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:48 am

Kinda weird that they misspelled Loenard Cohen.

MiceElf · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:56 am

Great to see these listed (even though one is really an e.p.):

91. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
57. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim

There are some odd choices, though, like Scritti Politti and ABC.

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

I didn't think Straight Outta Compton was NWA's debut.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:13 am

According to AMG it's not. I've never heard their debut.

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Fri Jul 07, 2006 12:01 pm

PopTodd Wrote:

thisotherkingdom Wrote:

Violent Femmes - Self-titled

Not only MISSING, but SHOULD have been a Top-10, IMO.

Glaring indeed. I (obviously) would put Pink Flag higher, and I'd consider some of the following...

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
The Psychedelic Furs
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
Procol Harum
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Public Image Limited - First Issue
Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
Lyle Lovett
Steve Earle - Guitar Town
The Jam - In the City
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain
X - Los Angeles

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